Oh I'm still chuffed about this......

http://www.beadaholic.co.nz/Beading_Information/Beading+Comp+2009+winners.html

With two weeks to go before entries had to be in, I decided 'yes I would have another go'! So started whipping up a couple of entries without a clue as to what I was making and they just sort of grew. Strange how that happens! And lo and behold, not one but the two of them got a prize. So yes 'I'm still chuffed about this'. And a shopping I shall go very soon. Thank you Beadaholic.

It's Monday and yep it's raining again!

We have had a couple of lovely sunny days though, so all is not lost!

Here's my September YOJ (Images) The image is a baby pic of 'me' which I've 'art gelled' onto a pink button and embellished with seed beads into a netted pattern. I've peyoted the bail and added baby bell flower beads at the base of it.

Right, now back to that rainy day..... it's a great day for beading!

It's overcast and looks like rain on the way.....

But hey it's my Mums birthday today, and we might be doing lunch or dinner! I baked a fruit cake yesterday and cut it into four little cakes and iced one for her, put a candle in the middle, no room for 83 of them! And I like to give her her own little cake in a special made box as well. No jewellery this year, she has enough! So we are giving her a stereo, small one of course so it can go beside the bed or on a table or in the kitchen..... whateva! And as well as having the CD system it also has a cassette deck, Mum has loads of cassettes and now she can play them to her hearts content. Sam (daughter of mine) has sent her two Dean Martin CD's and she thinks she has to come round to ours to play them....heheheheh. That's what she thinks! Anyway here's a pic of the cake, whoops the icing sort of slipped off a bit.

Out with the paper, time to make some boxes for a change

I found this flower I'd dried flat in a book some time ago, forgotten all about it until it popped out of the book. So got cracking making what I call my cup cake boxes, not that I've made any cup cakes but the idea is still there somewhere. And with careful positioning I glued the little darling to the top of the box. Not as easy as it looks I found out, as the flower was like very fine paper.

Hah hah.....

All I wanted to get was a video clip of Fleetwood Mac, Albratros! Love it. Oh well try again another day. At least I got another 'fwend' on facebook! Hi Amanda, I sent that bracelet to Sam today, good timing too as she had found out that day that her landlord was selling her flat, or going to try to, hard times, hard times........
Anyway, apart from that it's been a pretty good day, weather great and I started on a kilt pin as a present to customer. And now I hear the kettle boiling and it's nearly time to watch 'Fringe'.

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Testing testing.......

It's still windy in Blendy

But lots of sunshine last few days. I've been playing with the Chinese knots again and mastered another one. Double coin knot and snake knot. And also bashed this one up cause I wanted to use this lovely green bead.